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Gaynor
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I know of one chap that has used a terravent to aerate the soil around a poorly Lebanese cedar and that has recovered very well. Your case may be different however?

 

 

I aerated a Ceder a few months back, i'll be going back next summer to check it out, with this tree a Cedrus Libani, various branches were dieing back, I suspect aphids, the root zone was very waterlogged, hence the aeration...

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I drive past a wonderfully majestic Cedar most days and over the course of the year it has lost, I'd say a good 50% of it's needles. It's Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' and unfortunately, it's in someone's garden so I can't get in to have a closer look and because I seem to have misplaced my camera for the time being, I have no pics either. Sorry.

Any ideas as to why? I've seen other Cedars do this and has resulted in them coming down.

 

Compaction will be a factor thats for sure..

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Thanks guys. I wish I had more details for you, but as I said, it's not accessible to me. I realize there could possibly be hundreds of reasons, I just wondered if there was anything obvious. I'll let you know if I find out anymore.

Ta, G

 

 

Why not just knock on the door and ask the owner if you can take a look, they might be very grateful, never be scared to open your mouth, you never know........:001_smile:...

 

If you do by chance take a look at the tree, we will need , needle colour, needles on the tree that is, soil type, and obviously some idea of the amount of compaction..

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Ok. Went and knocked on said door. No one home so I went and had a little look-see.

No obvious signs of fungus or pests. And from what I could see of the needles, no red band. Compaction definately an issue as both the large driveway and the neighbours wall are right up against the trunk. If it's any further use, it's losing the needles from the bottom up.

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Ok. Went and knocked on said door. No one home so I went and had a little look-see.

No obvious signs of fungus or pests. And from what I could see of the needles, no red band. Compaction definately an issue as both the large driveway and the neighbours wall are right up against the trunk. If it's any further use, it's losing the needles from the bottom up.

 

Does the drive or wall look new or newish?

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